If you are going to call other people out (eg California) in a holier than thou fashion for not following a set of ideological and moral standards that you beli

If you are going to call other people out (eg California) in a holier than thou fashion for not following a set of ideological and moral standards that you believe in surrounding independence, deregulation, and self-sufficiency, of course you are going to be blasted when it turns out that you can't live up to your own professed standards. This is equivalent to people saying "I don't need your help / rules, and I don't believe in COVID" who then get sick and rush to emergency room begging for help at the first sign of trouble. If you are going to take extreme stances on independence and self-reliance then you can deal with the ramifications of your decisions independently.